Best award winning movies with a refreshing take from Malaysia

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a refreshing take from Malaysia! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a refreshing take from Malaysia, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Possessed (2022)

A teacher must put aside his personal traumas to rally his school in a fight for survival against a group of violent, possessed students.

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2022-09-29 | Horror / Action

Cast

Alif Satar, Ikmal Amry

Rating

rating icon 5.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    rabid character
  2. Ranked #6 for
    subpar acting
  3. Ranked #10 for
    eye-catching

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Possessed trailer
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2 Roh (2020)

Cut off from civilisation, a single mother puts her children on high alert when they bring home a young girl caked in clay. She tells of spirits and spirit hunters, but these are not mere superstitions. As more strangers show up on her doorstep, she quickly finds another reason to fear the forest.

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2020-08-06 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Farah Ahmad, Mhia Farhana

Rating

rating icon 5.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #114 for
    suspenseful atmosphere
  2. Ranked #120 for
    Grand-Guignol
  3. Ranked #144 for
    noir atmosphere

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Roh trailer
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3 Mukhsin (2007)

A twelve-year-old Malaysian boy's friendship with a sharp-tongued, assertive little girl moves awkwardly and wistfully into first love in this gently comic prequel to Yasmin Ahmad's "Sepet" and "Gubra."

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2007-03-08 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Syafie Naswip, Sharifah Aryana

Rating

rating icon 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #226 for
    punching bag
  2. Ranked #394 for
    bossy
  3. Ranked #411 for
    bad aftertaste

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Mukhsin trailer
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4 Crossroads: One Two Jaga (2018)

In the outskirts and back-alleys of Kuala Lumpur, several individuals with money problems struggle to get their lives straight, find their paths unexpectedly intersecting - with fatal results.

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2018-09-06 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Zahiril Adzim, Ario Bayu

Rating

rating icon 5.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #488 for
    desaturated
  2. Ranked #516 for
    showing underbelly
  3. Ranked #627 for
    requiring a second watch

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5 Silat Warriors: Deed of Death (2019)

Ali and Fatimah are frustrated with their younger brother, Mat Arip, when he fails to come home with the grant of their inherited land. Ali will have to find Mat Arip, who has fallen in with the wrong crowd and takes part in illegal gambling and racing, and bring him home to their father, Pak Nayan.

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2019-10-10 | Action / Crime

Cast

Namron, Khoharullah Majid

Rating

rating icon 5.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #68 for
    swordsmanship
  2. Ranked #111 for
    gun fu
  3. Ranked #134 for
    dadaism

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6 Sepet (2004)

19-year old Ah Loong is in charge of a street stall selling pirated VCDs. Ah Loong is an incurable romantic with a unique hobby – he loves to read and write poetry. Quite content to carry on being the Romeo of the slums, Ah Loong's life takes on a sudden change one day when a 16-year old Malay schoolgirl arrives at his stall in search of Wong Kar-Wai films.

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2004-09-30 | Romance / Comedy

Cast

Choo Seong Ng, Sharifah Amani

Rating

rating icon 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2068 for
    spoon-feeding
  2. Ranked #2904 for
    sad
  3. Ranked #3138 for
    romantically involved

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7 The Assistant (2022)

Zafik is unjustly imprisoned and not pleased about it. When he is released, he gets the help of the unhinged Feroz to get revenge.

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2022-05-19 | Crime / Action

Cast

Iedil Putra, Hairul Azreen

Rating

rating icon 4.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1454 for
    violent
  2. Ranked #1831 for
    like The Revenant
  3. Ranked #2466 for
    mentally ill

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8 Guang (2018)

A spark of childhood inspiration starts an autistic young man on a journey to collect specific glass wares for his own unique purpose. In doing so, he jeopardizes his relationship with his younger brother and both their jobs. Little do they know that this quest could unlock the answers to their dire situation?

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2018-11-29 | Family / Drama

Cast

Kyo Chen, Ernest Chong

Rating

rating icon 7.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2479 for
    redemption arc
  2. Ranked #3650 for
    cathartic
  3. Ranked #4056 for
    reverse shot

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Guang trailer
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9 Ejen Ali: The Movie (2019)

After being accidentally recruited, 12-year-old Ejen Ali is embracing his role as a MATA spy and the only master of IRIS now. But unknown to Ali, MATA is developing a new improved version of IRIS, the IRIS Neo. When IRIS Neo starts being used for all agents, Ali begins to question his usefulness to MATA. He is approached by a mysterious person named Niki who claims to know about his missing parent's whereabouts. Risking his loyalty to MATA, Ejen Ali will now embark on a thrilling chase to unravel those mysterious links.

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2019-11-28 | Animation / Action

Cast

Ida Rahayu, Shafiq Isa

Rating

rating icon 8.1
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #720 for
    subverting expectations
  2. Ranked #1067 for
    Anime
  3. Ranked #1366 for
    proof positive

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10 Sell Out! (2009)

The Fony Corporation has just promoted doe-eyed Eric Tan (Peter Davis) to Head of Product Design and he’s already invented a revolutionary 8-in-1 soy bean machine! Taste the silken tofu, the creamy soy milk, the crispy bean curd! It just has one reprehensible flaw: no flaws! The lack of a built-in-breakdown mechanism appalls the conglomerate’s two-man executive branch who resorts to a budget exorcism to solve their problem named Eric. Also under the axe is Fony TV 11’s ruthless host Rafflesia Pong (Jerrica Lai), whose speciality arts programme is overshadowed by an increasingly popular art form: reality TV. Determined to claw her way back to the top, she lands on a morbid concept that finds an ally in the divided product designer.

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2009-05-07 | Comedy / Music

Cast

Jerrica Lai, Peter Davis

Rating

rating icon 5.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #666 for
    Multigenre
  2. Ranked #1353 for
    tuneful
  3. Ranked #1531 for
    listenable music

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Sell Out! trailer
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